Somerville Garden Club

The 21st Century Flower Garden is more than a bed of pretty flowers. These plants have a purpose! Random acts of kindness, privacy screening, celebrations, and attracting pollinators… in addition to providing us with colorful blooms. Find out about changes in flower garden design and planting options, and how you might want to shake things up in your 21st century landscape. Hear too about how we can all raise our spirits with flowers, even in difficult times.

C.L. Fornari is the author of eight books, and the host of GardenLine on WXTK. She is a frequent speaker to groups nationwide, including green industry meetings, businesses and audiences with green or black thumbs. C.L. has worked for a family-owned independent garden center for 28 years as a writer and educator, and her favorite time of year is when she can go into the garden and ask, “What’s for dinner?” C.L. grows hydrangeas, vegetables, flowers and other plants at Poison Ivy Acres on Cape Cod. Connect with her at https://www.GardenLady.com

In-person meetings are held the at the Tufts Administration Building, (TAB), 167 Holland Street, second floor, wheelchair accessible. Parking is available for a small fee, and the building is a ten-minute walk from the Davis Square MBTA stop.

All Somerville Garden Club meetings are free and open to the public. 7-9pm. The SGC has been informed that the entry doors to the TAB will be locked at 8pm, effective immediately, including on our meeting days. Please arrange your arrival times accordingly.

Marion Davis, writer, editor, communications strategist, and photographer, will present a photography tutorial to engage and inspire you to master your cell phone camera’s potential.  She will provide useful information and explain how to capture beautiful images of our own gardens using the settings of your cell phone’s camera.  No photography training needed to attend.  If time permits, she’ll also give a run-through of some great, easy natives she grows.

Marion is a writer, editor, photographer, and communications strategist who works mainly on climate change and sustainable development issues, with clients around the world. Born and raised in Costa Rica, she has loved nature and gardening since she was a child and has been growing things for most of her life. Her current garden, in East Somerville, is packed with native plants and other flowers, shrubs and vines, and a profusion of bugs and birds. She’s been taking photographs her entire adult life, including live music photography, journalistic photos, event photos she did the PR for, and nature and urban scenes photography for fun. In 2022 she started running the Somerville Garden Club’s Instagram account, filling it with pictures she takes on her daily walks through the city. She recently joined the Somerville Urban Forestry Committee and also serves on the board of Walk Massachusetts.

In-person meetings are held the at the Tufts Administration Building, (TAB), 167 Holland Street, second floor, wheelchair accessible. Parking is available for a small fee, and the building is a ten-minute walk from the Davis Square MBTA stop.

All Somerville Garden Club meetings are free and open to the public. 7-9pm. The SGC has been informed that the entry doors to the TAB will be locked at 8pm, effective immediately, including on our meeting days. Please arrange your arrival times accordingly.